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Here is another group of Bakelite buttons. Some are carved, some have a metal decoration and others are inlaid with different materials. Once again I believe they are mainly coat buttons. I have most of my Bakelite buttons mounted in two large black frames.

Here is a nice group of Bakelite buttons mainly in blacks and browns which were popular at the time. Several are carved and some are inlaid. I really like the carving in various patterns. They would be mainly coat buttons as they are chunky and some quite large.

These three metal buttons are in the Art Deco style with straight angular lines making up their design. The diamond shaped one I also have with half of it painted red.

This metal (which I think is Pewter) button is a limited edition Battersea Ltd. button dated 1978. It is quite detailed with a church spire in the distance, a sort of tower in the middle and a church with steeple on the right. The trees and grass finish it off nicely. It is a good quality button.

These two silver buttons were made by my friend Di when she was learning some silversmithing and she gave them to me as a Christmas present. That was a nice surprise. I think she did a good job considering she was just learning. She has her initials on the back.

These two plastic buttons are reasonably common and I bought them in 1998. They depict Betty Boop and a Flapper Girl. They sort of replicate the Fabric Garter buttons from the 1920’s. The eyes look right at you.

Here are two more groups of buttons bought in England at Opp Shops in 2018 by my friend Margaret. There are many plastics and some metal of various ages. Like I said it was just a nice surprise and fun to sort through them all. I am sure Margaret had fun in the Opp shops too as she is an addict.

These two groups of buttons are from Opp Shops in England in 2018. My friend Margaret spent a couple of months over there and she visited all the Opp shops and bought a lot of buttons. She loves Opp shops and had great fun. She let me choose some and she kept the leftovers. These seem older than the buttons you could get at that time in our local Opp shops. The first group are mainly plastics and the second group fabric. It was a nice surprise and thrill for me to get them.

Over the years I have haunted the opp shops in the search for buttons but sadly our local opp shops do not have them any more. These groups were bought in 2021 and are quite a nice variety. I hope in years to come some books will be written about these more modern buttons telling dates and materials used etc. I just keep them in boxes and tins with a label and sometimes just tip them out on a tray at night and “play” with them . The saying goes ” small things amuse small minds” but I don’t mind.

There was quite a range of these Beutron Delights original button cards in the shops when I bought them in 2007 so I have a few. They were all in sets of three and the buttons are large at 3 1/2 cm. They make a nice collector’s item but I am not sure how you would use them on a garment. They were made in Thailand.